It may seem like a jarring scene -- a rhinoceros , sedated, as veterinary staff saw off its horn -- but this is now becoming increasingly common across South Africa as farmers and others desperately try to save the animals from extinction. "It's the lesser of two evils. Do you leave the horn and

An English man inspired by the movie “Up” strapped himself to a lawn chair with balloons and took flight over South Africa this week. Tom Morgan, 38, flew for more than 15 miles at 8,000 feet in the air while strapped to just a lawn chair and 100 giant helium balloons. The video of his flight was

South African Paralympian and convicted killer Oscar Pistorius was hospitalized Thursday morning, officials said. Logan Maistry, a spokesperson for South Africa's Department of Correctional Services, told ABC News that Pistorius was taken to a medical facility for a checkup but declined to provide

While growing up in South Africa , where baseball is pretty far down in the hierarchy of sports, Dylan Unsworth often played catch with his father, just as so many kids do in the Americas. The Unsworths used a little different style though. "He would throw underhand to me, and I would throw

The "Incognito Bandit" has been caught. The alleged elusive serial bank robber was arrested Friday night at Dulles International Airport in Virginia as he attempted to board a South Africa-bound flight, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Boston said Friday. Albert Taderera, 36, of Brighton,

A team from the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago has traveled more than 8,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean on a mission to help save abandoned baby penguins on South Africa's coast. Hundreds of endangered African penguin chicks are abandoned by their parents every year in South Africa, according to a

Dear Caster Semenya, When you compete at the Olympics this summer, you won't be able to hear me cheering for you -- I will be thousands of miles away, and you will be in the center of the Olympic stadium in Brazil . I don't need to tell you that your contest is contested. Many of those watching you